The battle of how to reform professional road cycling — and, crucially who leads the way — is set to enter a pivotal month. A project led by billionaire Ivan Glasenberg is optimistic of securing support from almost two dozen men’s and women’s teams, while the UCI prepares to make an announcement regarding its own plans.

Collective Cycling Group (CCG), the new name for the TeamCo project that Escape Collective (no relation) exclusively revealed was in the works back in January, is hoping to launch imminently, according to sources with knowledge of the plan.

Insiders have told Escape that 15 men’s WorldTour teams – but not UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Alpecin-Deceuninck and Jayco AlUla – plus ProTeams Pinarello-Q36.5, Unibet-Rose Rockets, and Tudor, and standalone women’s WorldTour teams FDJ United-Suez, Canyon-SRAM, and SD Worx-Protime are expected to become shareholders in CCG.

However, a significant get-out clause has recently been inserted in the proposed company’s extensive draft documents which were reviewed by Escape. That clause has ultimately enticed some sceptics to become initial partners, but essentially makes the project a paper tiger at the outset.

This article was published by Escape Collective in September 2026. You can read the full article here.